Budget Truck Fleet Maintenance and Damage Manager

Responsible for the overall performance of the fleet services function with respect to the servicing, vehicle damage repair and in-fleeting/de-fleeting of rental vehicles to maximize fleet utilization and profitability for the Territory. May be required to drive a Budget Truck on public access roads.   

What You’ll Do: 

• Develops, implements and communicates operating plans to maximize fleet utilization to business and company guidelines, directing and controlling the maintenance, repair and/or reconditioning of fleet vehicles, all activities relating to in-fleeting new and/or used vehicles into the rental fleet and de-fleeting vehicles to sale, auction and/or other alternative channels. 

• Manages performance of team members/employees against business plan by setting, communicating, monitoring and updating goals as needed for key performance indicators on a regular and consistent basis for service, damage, in-fleet and deletion, including, but not limited to, technician productivity, percent out of service, overdue idle cars, vendor cycle time, days to deletion and venue quality average grade 

• Forecasts, budgets and manages key financial drivers including, but not limited to, S&W per day, warranty recovery, cost per estimate and cost per deletion. 

• Coordinates vehicle damage appraisals/repairs and all activities related to repairs and maintenance including documentation and the ordering of parts, tools, and supplies 

• Oversees, manages and maintains vendor relationships and workload assignment, ensuring established service levels and standards are met and that all vendor management policies and procedures are followed 

• Partners with the respective Fleet owner, District/City Managers, Territory Performance Managers and/or External Partners to prioritize the workload according to business objectives 

• Manages all areas of the employee lifecycle including hiring, on-onboarding, training, recognition and performance management of both managers and employees to enable a high-performance culture supervises, develops, motivates, recognizes and evaluates the performance of manager and employee staff to enable a high performing culture. 

• Manages all facets of employee relations, including, but not limited to, implementing HR policies and practices in a consistent and fair manner, in accordance with Company policies and partnering with Human Resources Business Partners where appropriate. 

• Provides a safe work environment by ensuring all safety policies and practices are followed and maintained 

What We’re Looking For: 

• Organizational and prioritization skills 

• Financial acumen and forecasting skills 

• Talent management and delegation 

• Proven written and verbal communication skills 

• Excellent investigation and problem-solving skills 

• Negotiation and vendor management skills 

• High School diploma required; 2-4 year college degree preferred (or equivalent in education, training or experience) 

• Minimum of 5 years management experience of employees in related field (rental car, automotive shop or s